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TIL Millennials are the most Risk-Averse Generation since the great depression.

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d8Am9 TIL Crows have a basic understanding of language and can use words like “Hello,” correctly inferring its use as a greeting
lo941 TIL a coin flip actually has a 51/49 probability of landing heads or tails -- favoring the side facing up when flipped. If you spin a US penny on its side, however, it has an 80% chance of landing tails up.
xVNK0 TIL the phrase "Beam me up Scotty" has never appeared in a single episode of Star Trek
lovJN TIL That in 1962, a US spy plane pilot wandered off course and penetrated Soviet airspace, where he avoided intercept by Soviet MiGs, ran out of gas and glided back to Alaska. And oh -- this was right in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
rNmjy TIL 15th century Korea developed the Geobukseon (turtle ship), a warship roofed with spiked plates to prevent boarding actions. Each Geobukseon was also designed with a dragon head on the bow that hid a cannon or could release smoke to inspire terror or cover ship movements.